Durban panchang, 11 August 2024
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 10:06 Shravana month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 17:28- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 12:01 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam 14:44 – 16:06
- Durmuhurta 16:01 – 16:44
- Rahu Kalam 16:06 – 17:28
- 12:18 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 15:24 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:28 to 06:32 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:28 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:25 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:25 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 04:25 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 05:03 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shubha until 12:18
- Karana Gara until 15:24, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 12:18 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 15:24 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:25 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:25 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:01 – 16:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:06 – 17:28
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 09:02 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 07:55 – 10:09
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:03 – 06:32 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:49 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:28 – 20:05
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:33 – 07:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:55 – 09:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:17 – 10:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:39 – 12:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:01 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:23 – 14:44 | Good |
| Rog | 14:44 – 16:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:06 – 17:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:28 – 19:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:06 – 20:44 | Good |
| Char | 20:44 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:00 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:38 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:16 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:54 – 06:32 next day | Good |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:33 NowSun
- 07:28 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:06 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:39 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:39 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:06 NowJupiter
- 02:11 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:22 NowVenus
- 05:27 NowMercury
- 06:33 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:33 NowMercury
- 09:33 NowMoon
- 10:33 NowSaturn
- 11:33 NowJupiter
- 12:33 NowMars
- 13:33 NowSun
- 14:33 NowVenus
- 15:33 NowMercury
- 16:33 NowMoon
- 17:33 NowSaturn
- 18:33 NowJupiter
- 19:33 NowMars
- 20:33 NowSun
- 21:33 NowVenus
- 22:33 NowMercury
- 23:33 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSaturn
- 01:33 NowJupiter
- 02:33 NowMars
- 03:33 NowSun
- 04:33 NowVenus
- 05:33 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 05:11 Gemini
- 05:11 – 06:52 Cancer
- 06:52 – 08:19 Leo
- 08:19 – 09:42 Virgo
- 09:42 – 11:16 Libra
- 11:16 – 13:11 Scorpio
- 13:11 – 15:26 Sagittarius
- 15:26 – 17:47 Capricorn
- 17:47 – 20:06 Aquarius
- 20:06 – 22:24 Pisces
- 22:24 – 00:44 next day Aries
- 00:44 – 03:03 next day Taurus
- 03:03 – 05:07 next day Gemini
- 05:07 – 06:32 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+2) · Method